Describes Rural Sociological Society 1999 awards: Excellence in Instruction, Jill Belsky, for designing a college program in rural and environmental change, and Lori Cramer, for strengthening interdisciplinary linkages among rural sociology, forestry, and agriculture; Excellence in Extension, Emmett Fiske; Excellence in Research, Sonya Salamon;…

Questions traditional ways of conducting research among American Indians, discussing the researcher's dual position of insider/outsider and cultural ramifications of these relationships; examining the influence of the researcher's embeddedness, Indianness, and marginal or outsider position; and discussing challenges to building relationships,…

Addresses some historical reasons why music education historiography developed the way it did and discusses the role of musicology as a link between historiography and music education historiography. Argues that historical researchers in music education have been directed more by the traditions of historical research than by values-driven…

The narratives of more than 300 qualitative researchers about problems and solutions attempted during research were collected and analyzed to develop three successive descriptive-interpretive frameworks for understanding researchers' lived experiences during the shift from single to multiple research paradigms. The need for more reflective…

Presents highlights of the life and work of scholar Jeanette Veatch, best known for her contributions in the field of reading, her challenge to basal readers, and her espousal of a literature-based, learner-centered approach called Individualized Reading. Covers her early years as an elementary teacher in Michigan, her graduate study, and her…

At this point, the most persistent question concerns the relationship of teacher research to knowledge for and about teaching. This article analyzes some epistemological and methodological issues being discussed in the literature. The movement's success depends on opening dominant research and knowledge development paradigms to new, provocative…

Asks a spate of questions about the nature of research and boundaries of identification. Points to numerous ambiguities inherent in the research prescriptions of critical postmodernism writers. Suggests the miasma that the many implications of postmodernist injunctions about identity and representation can become. (DSK)

Details the experiences of graduate students as they learn how to collect data from others using the interview method. Focuses on students' struggles with issues of personal intimacy and analytic distance, in addition to coming to terms with the obligation to make a coherent statement about what was learned. (DSK)

Discusses four reasons why Montessorians do not see research as part of their work: (1) subtle messages received during teacher training that Montessori is defined through materials and curriculum; (2) experienced rather than new teachers carry out research; (3) a research atmosphere is missing from teacher training programs; (4) Montessori…

Performs an analysis of all 1128 publications produced by scientists during their employment at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, thus assessing research performance using as bibliometric indicators such statistics as publications per year, citations per paper, and cited half-lives. Evaluates five different methods for determining…

Contributes to a special issue on how the reconsideration of what scholarship is affects the way in which scholarship is assessed. Examines traditional criteria for evaluating faculty research. Identifies activities pertinent to the scholarship of discovery, and the assessment practices in the field of communication as well as in general use. (SR)

Contributes to a special issue on how the reconsideration of what scholarship is affects the way in which scholarship is assessed. Discusses what scholarship of integration is (interpreting, drawing together, and bringing new insight to bear on original research); what activities constitute such scholarship; examples from the field of…

Contributes to a special issue on how the reconsideration of what scholarship is affects the way in which scholarship is assessed. Responds to Ernest Boyer's new definition of scholarship, outlining concepts with which the author agrees, and the author's concerns. Outlines ways in which the Boyer's ideas are potentially counterproductive for the…

Contributes to a special issue on how the reconsideration of what scholarship is affects the way in which scholarship is assessed. Discusses concerns with Ernest Boyer's redefinitions of what scholarship is. Argues the need for fair and consistent application of assessment standards for scholarship but notes problems of consistency and quality of…

Contributes to a special issue on how the reconsideration of what scholarship is affects the way in which scholarship is assessed. Discusses the Carnegie Foundation's 1997 report, "Scholarship Assessed." Offers an overview of the text itself, and discusses the centrality of discourse and argument to the work. Discusses implications for…